Fiat BR

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type=Bomber
manufacturer=Fiat
designer=Celestino Rosatelli
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variants with their own articles=The Fiat BR was a light bomber aircraft developed in Italy shortly after World War I. It was a development of the SIA 9 reconnaissance aircraft, incorporating major strengthening of that design. Its general layout was identical with its predecessor: a two-bay biplane with tandem, open cockpits for pilot and observer, and tailskid undercarriage. Shortly after entering service with the Regia Aeronautica, however, Rosatelli developed an improved version using the Warren truss-style bracing that would become a hallmark of his designs over the next decade.

The BR was evolved into a number of increasingly-capable variants, however, by the time the later members of the family were produced, fifteen years had passed since the initial design, and the type was already obsolete. At its peak, the BR equipped 15 light bomber squadrons of the Regia Aeronautica. Two examples were also exported to Sweden, and one to Hungary.

In 1922, a specially modified BR designated the R.700 was used to set the world absolute airspeed record at 336 km/h (210 mph). The same aircraft was used to contest the Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe in September that year.

Variants

* BR - initial production version with Fiat A.14 engine and conventional struts
* BR.1 - improved version with new radiator and landing gear, and Warren truss struts (150 built)
* BR.2 - strengthened structure, new landing gear, and Fiat A.25 engine
**R.22 - reconnaissance version of BR.2 with Fiat A.22 engine
* BR.3 - new landing gear, fitted with radio and panoramic camera and (in later versions) Handley Page-type slats (100 built)
* BR.4 - substantial redesign with revised aerodynamics, new landing gear, and new radiator arrangement (1 built)
* R.700 - racer for world airspeed record attempt

Operators

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*Regia Aeronautica;SWE

pecifications (BR.2)

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crew=Two, pilot and observer
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length m=10.66
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height m=3.91
height ft=12
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wing area sqm=70.2
wing area sqft=756
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empty weight kg=2,646
empty weight lb=5,833
gross weight kg=4,195
gross weight lb=9,248
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eng1 type=Fiat A.25
eng1 kw= 813
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max speed kmh=240
max speed mph=140
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range km=1,000
range miles=620
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ceiling m=6,250
ceiling ft=20,500
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climb rate ms=4.2
climb rate ftmin=830
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armament1=1 × fixed, forward-firing .303 Vickers machine gun
armament2=1 × trainable, rearward-firing .303 Lewis gun
armament3=720 kg (1,590 lb) of bombs
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